|
ESL Forum:
Techniques and methods
in Language Teaching
Games, activities
and teaching ideas
Grammar and
Linguistics
Teaching material
Concerning
worksheets
Concerning
powerpoints
Concerning online
exercises
Make suggestions,
report errors
Ask for help
Message board
|
ESL forum >
Ask for help > order of adjective
order of adjective
|
nhatminh0904
|
order of adjective
|
|
please tell me
we use: "a tall handsome man" or "a handsome tall man"?
In my opinion, "handsome" is an "opinion" adjective should go before "tall" that is a "size" adjective.But i see in dictionary" a tall handsome man?
Thanks in advance. |
6 Jul 2011
|
|
|
|
aidamour
|
|
we say a tall hadsome man |
6 Jul 2011
|
|
|
suhakhader
|
Hi, nhatminh0904
I agree with you!
I think that we should say: A handsome, tall man. Why? Because, of the adjectives order as the following:
1- adjective(opinion)- age- size- colour- material + noun
Let�s see others� opinions. Have a look at this website
Hope that helps.
Have a nice day:)
|
6 Jul 2011
|
|
|
Zora
|
|
Honestly, to me "a tall, handsome man" sounds more natural than "a handsome, tall man". Sometimes, rules are just made to be broken - especially in English.
|
6 Jul 2011
|
|
|
ueslteacher
|
To top that, Linda, I never really understood why "handsome" is considered to be an opinion adjective and not factual Sophia |
6 Jul 2011
|
|
|
daniellemotta
|
|
AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT �S A HANDSOME TALL MAN SINCE HANDSOME IS CONSIDERED OPINION AND IS A BROADER CONCEPT. |
7 Jul 2011
|
|
|
PhilipR
|
|
I �m with Zora on this one. Sophia �s point has merit too: beauty is supposedly in the eye of the beholder, but aren �t there a bunch of unwritten (objective) rules to determine if someone is beautiful? If so, handsome is not necessarily an opinion, hence a tall, handsome man.
|
7 Jul 2011
|
|
|
